How does he do it?

Mathematician and magician Arthur Benjamin combines his two passions in "Mathemagics," a lively show in which the mathemagician races a team of calculators to find 3-digit squares, solves a massive mental equation, guesses a few birthdays and performs other feats of mathematical agility in this video from TED. How does he do it?

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